Events

Apr
14
Sat
Right to Heal VA Campaign Veteran & Community Meeting @ Jesse Brown VA Medical Center
Apr 14 @ 2:30 pm

Right to Heal VA Campaign
Veteran & Community Meeting
2:30PM | Saturday, April 14, 2018

The Right to Heal VA Campaign (RTH) has been on the move and we want to get you more involved. On Saturday, April 14th, at the Jesse Brown VA, we are hosting a Veteran & Community Meeting to do just that.

What: Veteran & Community Meeting
Where: Vision Conference Room, Second Floor, Damen Building
Jesse Brown VA, 820 S Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
When: 2:30PM | Saturday, April 14, 2018
RSVP by mailing Right to Heal <RightToHealVA@gmail.com> or join the event on Facebook

At this meeting we will share our plans to build the campaign locally and how we are working to coordinate nationally. We also want to hear from you on why you want to join the fight to save the VA from privatization. RSVP today to join us at our Veteran & Community Meeting.

Since our March 1st program we have been busy! Hundreds of you called your representatives on our Save the VA Call In Day; We had delegations visit staffers at Senator Durbin’s, Senator Duckworth’s, and Representative Quigley’s Offices;  With SEIU Healthcare and AFGE 789 we demanded that Rear Adm. Jackson and President Trump state unequivocally that the Administration will not pursue an agenda to privatize the VA in anyway shape or form; We hosted a panel on the issues and our campaign at the Labor Notes Conference; And we’ve gotten press coverage in a handful of great outlets. But we still have our work cut out for us.

With all the turmoil resulting from Secretary Shulkin’s dismissal and Trump’s overt plans to privatize the VA, now is the time to get organized. Join the fight to save the VA. RSVP today to join us at our Veteran & Community Meeting.

RSVP by emailing Right to Heal <RightToHealVA@gmail.com> or join the event on Facebook

May
17
Thu
The Right to Heal VA Campaign (RTH) at Jesse Brown VA @ Jesse Brown VA Hospital
May 17 @ 4:30 pm

rth_bannerThe Right to Heal VA Campaign (RTH) is calling on all veterans that care about saving the VA to join us tomorrow at a hearing on VA privatization and why it is not the solution. At the hearing we will make a call to action and announce an informational picket and press conference at Federal Plaza on Friday. Details below.

Call to Action & Workers’ Rights Board Hearing

Where: Conference Room, Second Floor, Damen Building
Jesse Brown VA, 820 S Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
When: 4:30PM | Thursday, May 17, 2018
RSVP by mailing Right to Heal <RightToHealVA@gmail.com> or join the event on Facebook

On May 17th, join us as the Right to Heal Campaign announces a call to action and next steps in the fight to unite veterans and VA workers to save the VA and fight back against privatization. After the announcement the Workers’ Rights Board will hold a hearing to discuss what VA privatization would mean for veterans. The hearing will feature experts in the field of VA care, veterans speaking to their experience of using both the VA and the private sector, and VA employees who have dedicated their lives to serving veterans.

Save The VA Press Conference and Informational Picket
Where: Federal Center and Plaza, 219 S Dearborn St, Chicago, Illinois 60603
When: 10AM | Friday, May 18, 2018
RSVP by mailing Right to Heal <RightToHealVA@gmail.com> or join the event on Facebook

The Save The VA Coalition and the Right To Heal VA Campaign will be holding an emergency press conference and informational picket to oppose H.R. 5674. The bill backed by the Trump adminstration and the Koch front group, Concerned Veterans of America would expand private healthcare vouchers at the expense of the VA healthcare system and give unprecedented powers to the VA secretary to make drastic changes, including authority to outsource/privatize services of VA healthcare without oversight or congressional approval.

With the firing of VA Secretary David Shulkin for not advancing a privatization agenda quickly enough and with continued disarray within the Trump administration in finding a replacement for Shulkin, we believe it is the worst possible time to give Trump such powers to change VA healthcare. We will be demanding that Senator Duckworth and Durbin hold the line against these terrible bills and vote no on these bills and other efforts to privatize the VA.

RSVP by emailing Right to Heal <RightToHealVA@gmail.com> or join the events on Facebook Right to Heal Hearing at the Jesse Brown VA & Save the VA Press Conference at Federal Plaza.

Veterans & VA Workers
United to Save the VA!

Apr
16
Tue
Free Dental Care On Aspen Dental’s Mouthmobile April 2019
Apr 16 @ 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Free Dental Care On Aspen Dental’s Mouthmobile April 2019

VETERANS: SIGN UP FOR FREE DENTAL CARE ON ASPEN DENTAL’S MOUTHMOBILE

WHEN
Tuesday, April 16th From 9am – 3pm

WHERE
ADMI Practice Support Center 1040 W Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60607

HOW
To make an appointment call: Cameron Kinch (312) 564-2388

WHAT
For one day, Aspen Dental will provide free dental care to veterans. Care includes (but is not limited to) cleanings, fillings and extractions. Veterans should call to make an appointment as we cannot guarantee care for walk-ins.

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Jul
27
Sat
Korean War Veterans 66th ARMISTICE Salute of July 1953 @ Kennedy Park
Jul 27 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Korean War Veterans 66th ARMISTICE Salute of July 1953 @ Kennedy Park

Share a moment of Remembrance to ALL those that served during the KOREAN WAR 66 years ago
Please join this Invite to: End of the KOREAN War of July 1953 event

On Sat. July 27, 2019 in Chicago Kennedy Park located at 11320 S. Western Ave.

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Sep
7
Sat
NWVU Dedication Grand Opening Military Women Veterans Center @ SGT Simone A. Robinson Military Women Veteran’s Center
Sep 7 @ 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
NWVU Dedication Grand Opening Military Women Veterans Center @ SGT Simone A. Robinson Military Women Veteran’s Center

On behalf of the National Women Veterans United, we cordially invite you to attend our Dedication Grand Opening Ceremony at 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., on Saturday, September 7, 2019. The event will be held at 8620 S. Pulaski (Lower Level) (elevator or stairs) Chicago, IL 60652.

There are free plaza parking spots, handicap designation and general parking on both ends of the commercial property including an additional parking lot on the South end of the plaza.

We hope that your schedule permits your participation.

Respectfully,
Rochelle Crump, MS CED, President/Founder
National Women Veterans United (NWVU)

SGT Simone A. Robinson
Military Women Veteran’s Center
8620 South Pulaski (Lower Level)
Chicago, IL 60652
Office: (872) 731-2150 NWVU E-mail: nwvu.org@gmail.com

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Nov
6
Wed
Us Marine Corps 244th Birthday Cake-Cutting Ceremony @ Chicago’s Veterans Home
Nov 6 @ 11:00 am

Come out to the site of the New Chicago Veterans Home for a CAKE Cutting Ceremony Wednesday, November 6, 2019 at 1100 hrs.

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Dec
7
Sat
Pearl Harbor 78th Remembrance Memorial
Dec 7 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Pearl Harbor 78th Remembrance Memorial

The Once & Always Chicago Marines presents the 78th Remembrance of the attack on Pearl Harbor memorial program. Saturday, December 7, 2019 at 1pm at the American Legion & Sal located at 1824 W. Cortland St., Chicago IL 60622.

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Dec
3
Sat
81st Anniversary PEARL HARBOR Day of Remembrance 2022
Dec 3 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm

Invite to the 81st Anniversary PEARL HARBOR Day of Remembrance 2022.

The Once & Always Chicago Marines presents the 81st Remembrance of the attack on Pearl Harbor memorial program.  Saturday, December 3, 2021 at 11 am at the American Legion  located at 1824 W. Cortland St., Chicago IL 60622.

Jul
29
Sat
Korean War Veterans 70th ARMISTICE Salute of July 1953 @ Kennedy Park
Jul 29 @ 11:15 am – 12:45 pm

Join various Veterans and Communities as we come together to Salute Korean War Veterans of 7 decades this date, to show America, these heros will be foreever Remembered.

Saturday, July 29, 2023 @ 11:15 am to 12:45 pm at Kennedy Park, 11320 S. Western Ave.,Chicago, IL. 60643.

Dec
2
Sat
82nd Anniversary PEARL HARBOR Day of Remembrance 2023 @ Franklin Delano Roosevelt Post
Dec 2 @ 11:15 am – 12:45 pm

Invite to the 82nd Anniversary PEARL HARBOR Day of Remembrance 2023.

The Once & Always Chicago Marines presents the 82nd Remembrance of the attack on Pearl Harbor memorial program.  Saturday, December 2, 2023 at 11:15 am at the American Legion  located at 1824 W. Cortland St., Chicago IL 60622.

(photoCR: the Garden Island & CBS58)